Being Here Now

May 5, 2009 :: Joe Loong

I’m in the midst of some social media navel-gazing. (What’s new, right?) Nothing revolutionary at all, just a dose of malformed rumination on the effects of social technology on behavior, with a side dish of cranky “you kids stay offa my lawn” thrown in for good measure.
Previously, I’d written that “Text messaging is a way [...]


Precious (Interstitial) Moments

January 7, 2009 :: Joe Loong

I’ve been thinking a lot about about interstitial moments — moments that exist in between other moments. Not coincidentally, this thinking mostly occurs when I’m waiting for a traffic light.
In a comment on my Twitter: I Was Doing It Wrong entry, Matt Sanford (who I knew before he was at Summize, now Twitter) said something [...]


Part 2 - Interview with Chris Hopkinson of DubMeNow

November 25, 2008 :: Steve Fisher

Chris is not a stranger to startups with a few already under his belt. This is why he knows how to recognize a potential hit when he sees one. His new venture, DubMeNow, was founded by Manoj Ramnani earlier this year to solve a growing and elusive problem of mobile business card exchanges.
Sure, you have [...]


Part 1 - Interview with Chris Hopkinson of DubMeNow

November 24, 2008 :: Steve Fisher

Chris is not a stranger to startups with a few already under his belt. This is why he knows how to recognize a potential hit when he sees one. His new venture, DubMeNow, was founded by Manoj Ramnani earlier this year to solve a growing and elusive problem of mobile business card exchanges.
Sure, you have [...]


Event Review - DubMeNow Launch Party is a Smashing Success

November 21, 2008 :: Steve Fisher

Recently, I had the opportunity to attend DubMe DC, which was the launch party event for Dub – a FREE, extremely convenient and innovative technology solution for exchanging business cards and instantaneously managing contact information with your smart phone.
Sure, you have probably heard of LinkedIn or Plaxo. Granted, those early entrants do business information exchange well [...]